By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026Snowflake has a useless, expensive AI bolt-on called Cortex, that Snowflake itself describes as being 92% accurate under ideal circumstances (that is, at least 8% of the time, it will mislead you, perhaps very badly). 45/ 1896
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026Suresh describes meetings with execs who were lukewarm on the idea of retooling with Snowflake, but were very interested in Cortex. Against their better judgment, Suresh and team provided them with a Cortex demo, carefully explaining that this AI tool *could not* satisfy their requirements. 46/ 1843
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026Without fail, this resulted in the once lukewarm execs insisting they be allowed to purchase Cortex *immediately*. Prospects who'd been unmoved by a pitch for new tech that would result in *millions* in savings were *hypnotized* by demos of a product described as *unsuitable and unreliable*. 47/ 113310
